Call to all knife experts - What do you think about this one ?

For users, I prefer a basic quality stainless blade over damascus even if the damascus is stainless. I've handled a few of these and they seem nice and reasonably built. I'd suggest a basic Benchmade if there is one that you like. Still many others and enough at a price point to not hurt the wallet.
 
that knife seems nice but i would never use a damascus blade for EDC. Personally I beleive tactical is practical so i would look at a benchmade or a Emerson. The cost of a knife usually is a sign of how good the knife is and for me if its less than 80usd I usually don't buy it.
 
Mcusta's are great knives - that one I've not seen before, but a basic version of that knife will be half the price from a US dealer. And the plain VG10 (not damascus) blade will be even less. You'll find them as low as $69US.
You might also check out the Griptillian.
 
Mcusta are very well made, good quality knives, however for me the damascus blades are a little thin for EDC and I imagine could be high maintenance. I keep mine soley for opening boxes, cutting string/tape, it keeps a fine edge but it never leaves the house.

My reccomendation as an EDC alternative would be a Bradley Alias in S30V or a CRKT M21 for value for money. I'm sure you will get plenty of other recommendations.............
 
I have a McCusta knife, VG-10 is one of the sharpest steels around, the quality is on par with a benchmade IMO, but I would carry a regular steel and not a damascus if IDC. 180 euro is way too much. try looking on ebay for McCusta, I bought mine for 30 + shipping, there are some cocobolo and other nice wood damascus Mcustas going for about 90-120 USD

Try this site for McCusta

http://www.japaneseknifedirect.com/MCUSTA.html


BTW I have this one in red handles
http://www.japaneseknifedirect.com/Page14.html


HTH
AlexGT
 
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Sweeeet knife! I will have to echo the sentiments of others here as far as damascus on a "using" knife. Depending on how crazy you are about appearance of the blade you might not even want to go with a bead-blast finish, since it can scratch and won't look uniform. A normal ground finished blade (bright but not polished) hides scars from daily use well.

Having said that, my EDC knife is a CRKT M16-14 "Big Dog" with a bead blast finished blade. At first it looks big, and it is fairly long, but it has a thin handle, thick blade, pocket clip so it packs easy and flicks open nicely. I would go so far as to say it would make a better than decent backup weapon if "that time" ever came.
 
ahhh, the old question, is this a good knife...Well thats a personal question really sicne what knife you should carry is really up to you...All depedns on what your going to use it for...how much you want to spedn, and so on...all the knives mentioned here I consider to be nice knives, Mcusta is one of those bradns that I have yet to hold in my hand, but I onyl hear good thgins about them, I too would like to ahve one eventually...lol...Anyway, I think 2 thgins really matter when buyign a knife...

1) confort - If its uncofortabel you wont want to use it, so if you ahve the chance hold the knife in question, and get a "feel" for it, lol...You cna do this by visiting your nearest knife shop...

2) Price vs quality/maintenance - A cheap knife will sport a cheap steel most likely...So its a metter fo how much youw ant to spend, the more you spend the more of a chance your buying a decent knife, and when I sau decent I mean a low maintenacne knife...for example, a cheaper steel will dull faster, which means sharpenign more often...this can be a pain in many cases...but I also understand not everyone wants to buy or use a $100 + knife...Also, my idea here has soem flaws in it, but this is just a generalization I came up with...A cheapre knife tends to need more maintenance...but a really cheap knife can just be dangerous...with cheap locks that fail, and knives that get one use out of thembnefore they are dull, and a dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp one (since you need to apply more pressure to cut what you need, thus more of a chance for slipping etc.)

So....I hope my mumbo jumbo helps you decide what to buy, lol...In any event good to hear another gentleman has decided to buy a nice knife!
 
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